Kajaki (film)


Kajaki: The True Story, released in North America as Kilo Two Bravo, is a 2014 British war docu-drama film directed by Paul Katis in his feature debut, written by Tom Williams, and produced by Katis and Andrew de Lotbiniere.
The plot is based on the Kajaki Dam incident, involving Mark Wright and a small unit of British soldiers positioned near the Kajaki Dam, in Helmand province, Afghanistan.
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Cast

Production

The film was shot on location at Al-Kafrein, Jordan, as a stand-in for Afghanistan.

Release

Kajaki premiered on 12 November 2014 at London's Vue Cinema in Leicester Square and was attended by cast, crew and veterans. The film was released in the United Kingdom on 28 November 2014 and in the United States on 13 November 2015.

Reception

Box office

Kajaki grossed $7,891 in the United Kingdom, and $26,126 in other territories for a worldwide total of $34,017.

Critical response

On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes it has an approval rating of 100% based on 29 reviews, with an average rating of 7.6/10. The website's critical consensus states: "Kilo Two Bravo honours its fact-based story with an almost unbearably tense drama that captures the horrors -- and the human cost -- of modern warfare."

Accolades

At the 2015 BAFTA Scotland Awards David Elliot won as Best Actor in Film.
At the 2015 British Independent Film Awards
Paul Katis and Andrew de Lotbinière won as Producer of the Year for work on this film and were also nominated
at the 2015 British Academy Film Awards
as Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer.